Nathan Allen

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. It also offers investment banking and advice to high net worth investors, individuals, businesses and institutions. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Packet Design, Inc. develops and markets network solutions that leverage the distributed intelligence of the Internet Protocol (IP) to enhance the reliability, efficiency and predictability of IP networks. Its products include SDN management and orchestration platform, SDN traffic engineering, explorer suite, route explorer, traffic explorer and performance explorer. The company was founded in March 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Founded in 1997, Imperial Capital LLC is a full-service investment banking firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles. The firm is a subsidiary of Imperial Capital Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Imperial Capital Group Holdings LLC. Imperial Capital offers a range of proprietary products and services to institutional investors, middle-market companies and private equity firms. The firm provides institutional clients research and sales and trading of high yield and distressed debt securities, bank debt, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, and equities. They also provide middle-market companies and financial sponsors with capital markets, M&A, capital structure, restructuring and recapitalization advisory services. For their institutional clients, Imperial Capital offers a variety of research products including bank debt, investment grade debt, high yield, distressed and special situations, convertibles and busted convertibles, equities, preferred securities and industry analysis. Imperial Capital's research focuses on the following sectors: aerospace, defense and government services; airlines/transportation; business services; clean energy; consumer; energy; financial services; gaming and leisure; general industrials; healthcare; homebuilding and real estate; media and telecommunications; security and homeland security; and technology.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Arlington Capital Partners LLC is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 1999 by Jeffrey H. Freed and Robert I. Knibb. The firm is headquartered in in Chevy Chase.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

RedBird Capital Partners Management LLC (RedBird Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Gerry Cardinale. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of Arax Business Trust, Arax Investment Partners LLC is a wealth management company that brings together a network of trusted advisors to create a dynamic wealth platform. The company is based in New York, NY. Arax Investment Partners allows their partners and affiliates to be entrepreneurial and focus on delivering their clients industry-leading financial services. The company was founded by Haig G Ariyan and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

MUFG Securities Americas, Inc. is the US-based broker/dealer subsidiary of MUFG Americas Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8306) in Japan. The firm is headquartered in New York City with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, and Chicago. MUFG Securities Americas was founded in 2003 and were formerly known as Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. They offer an expansive product suite through capital markets, credit, rates, equities and structured products.

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners LLC is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners Ltd. founded in 1900. Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners LLC is headquartered in Houston.

Dynergy, Inc. generates electricity.

Renewable Fuel Supply Ltd. provides a biomass procurement service and develops new fuels and technologies to convert biomass to electricity, heat, and transport uses. The company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded by Henry D. Jones, hank jones. Renewable Fuel Supply was acquired by E D F Trading Ltd. on July 02, 2007.

StepStone Group LP (StepStone) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Monte M. Brem, Tom Porter Keck and Jose A. Fernandez. The firm is headquartered in New York.

IBM Software Group provides software solutions and services. It offers products for tasks such as database management, enterprise application, integration, and security and application development. The firm also provides collaboration and communication applications. The company is headquartered in Armonk, NY.

Part of HP, Inc., Taligent, Inc. designs software operating systems. Taligent was acquired by HP, Inc. from Apple, Inc. on January 06, 1994 for $10 million.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers allocates and manages internet's domain name system. It also coordinates policy development related to these technical functions. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Part of International Business Machines Corp., Whistle Communications, Inc. manufactures computers that give small companies Internet access and allow them to set up electronic mail. The company is based in San Mateo, CA. The company was founded by Gordon Ritter, Doug Landis. Whistle Communications was acquired by International Business Machines Corp. on June 23, 1999.

Prospect Capital Management LLC(Prospect Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1988. The firm is headquartered in New York.